On 05/24/2010 09:43 AM, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> EARL CROASMUN wrote:
 -=>> EARL CROASMUN wrote to ED HULETT <=-


 WC>> War with Iraq *and* the policy where BP has to use acoustic
 WC>> blowout preventers in British waters but *not* in U.S. waters.

 ->> Uh... the blowout preventer is what failed.

 EC>> I cannot decide what part of this is more funny:

 EC>> a) his belief that Cheney - rather than Congress - put laws into
 EC>> effect.

 EC>> b) his belief that acoustic switches would have somehow COST money to
 EC>> Halliburton - not an oil company but an oil SERVICES company that would
 EC>> MAKE money from extra equipment requirements - rather than MAKING money
 EC>> for it.

 EC>> or c) his belief that having an extra switch to trigger the blowout
 EC>> protector would do any good when the hydraulics on the blowout
 EC>> protector failed.

 WC> Another issue.

 WC> There WAS NO blowout preventor,

Yes, there was. It is required on all oil wells.

 WC> In effect that is the actual functional ram having been bypassed for a
 WC> 'test
 WC> ram'.

 WC> Useless.

Your knowledge of the issue certainly is useless.

Ed

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